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W. H. RYAN 8v M. W. BENT. MACHINE PoR APPLYING SOLE LININGS.

No. 432,839. lPatented July 22, 1890 v'IHIIIIIIIIIIII o f 11: Q a' FIG-4.

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W H RYAN 8v M WBBN'VI.` MACHINE POR APPLYING SQLE LININGS.

Patented July 22, r1890D ilrriTnn STATES FATTTNT @Tricee WILLIAM H. RYAN, OF NATICK, AND MYRON IV. BENT, OF VAYLAND, MASSA- CHUSETTS; SAID RYAN ASSIGNOR TO SAID BENT.

MACHINE FOR AP-P'LYING SOLE-LININGiS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,839, dated July 22, 1899).

Application filed November 16, 1889. Serial No. 330,571. (No model.) r

T0 @ZZ wwm it may @Olwrnf other support. Secured to the top of said Be it known that We, WILLIAM H. RYAN, standard is a tubular holder b. of Natick, and MYRON W. BENT, of lVayland, c represents y a sole-shaped plate, which is both in the county of Middlesex and State of provided at the heel end with a shank c', 5 Massachusetts, have invented certain new adapted to enter the holder b, said shank 55 and useful Improvements in Machines for having a shoulder e, which bears npon the Applying Sole-Linings or False Inner Soles upper end of the holder b, so that the plate to Boots or Shoes, of which the following is is firmly supported by the holder. a specification. f represents an arm, which is supported by [o This invention relates to lne-ans for applya spring g within the holder l?, said spring 6o ing a sole-lining or false inner sole to the inbearing on a xed support i' at its lower end terior of a boot or shoe for the purpose of and against a head or enlargement j on a covering theinner sole proper and the stitches shank 7e, which is formed on the arm f, so that or other 'fastenings that secure the upper to the spring normally holds the arm up against 15 the outer and inner soles. A sole-lining or the under side of the plate c, and `causes up- 65 false inner sole is usually securedto the inwardly-projecting pins m m, inserted in said ner sole proper by paste or cement, and herearm, io project through apertures n n in the tofore said lining has been inserted into the plate. boot or shoe by hand and spread out by a o represents a treadle, pivoted at the lower zo stick manipulated by the hand of the operaportion of the standard a and connected by 7o tor, the operation being necessarily slow and rods p p with the arm f, the arrangement liable to form wrinkles in the lining. being such that the depression ot the treadle Our invention has for its object to provide o causes the depression of the arm f and the a machine adapted to `engage and hold the pins, as shown" in Fig. 5. i

2 5 lining or false inner sole in shape While it is The operation is as follows: The lining or 75 being inserted into the boot or shoe, to press false inner sole s is placed upon the plate c it to place upon the inner sole proper, and to when the pins m are in the position shown in release it after it is pressed to place, so that Figs. l and 2, the points of the pins being npon the removal of the boot or shoe the linheld above the upper surface of the plate, so

3o ing or false inner sole will not be held by thatthey will penetrate the lining or false 8o said machine. inner sole, and thus hold the latter in place on To these ends our invention consists in the the plate c. The upper surface of the lining improvements which we will now proceed to s is then coated with cement, after which the describe and claim. boot or shoeis drawn upon the plate c and 3 5 In the accompanying drawings, forming a pressed down suiticiently to cause contact of 85 part of this speciiication, Figure l represents the inner sole with the cement-coated lining. a side elevation of our improved machine. The arm fis then depressed and withdraws Fig. 2 represents a sectional view of the printhe pins m from the lining s, leaving the latcipal portions of the same on a larger scale. ter free to be removed with the boot or shoe 4o Fig. 3 represents a top view of the machine. to which it is cemented. It will be seen that 9o Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the by this contrivance the lining is quickly applate that supports the lining or false inner plied, and all liability of wrinkling the lining sole. Fig. 5 represents a side View ot the maduring its application is obviated. chine, showing the lining or false inner sole IVe claim- 45 released and ready for removal with the boot l. In a machine for applying sole-linings 95 or shoe. or false inner soles to boots or shoes, the The same letters of reference indicate the combination of the iixed supporting-plate c, same parts in all of the figures.. having apertures through it, the movable arm In the drawings, a represents asupportingi, located under said plate and having up- 5o standard adapted to be attached to a floor or wardly-progecting pins arranged to project roo through said apertures and enter a lining or sole on the plate c, a spring arranged to force the arln upwardly and cause its pins to project above the plate c and enter the lining or sole, and means for depressing said arm and thereby withdrawing the pins and releasing the sole or lining, as set forth.

2. In a machine for applying sole-linings or false inner soles, the combination of the rigidly-supported plate c, having apertures n n, and the hollow shank c', the tubular holder b, adapted to receive said shank and rigidly support the plate c, the arm f, adapt-ed to move in the shank Z), and provided with upwardly-projecting pins coinciding with the apertures in the plate c, the spring g within 

